Food

This one pot pork fillet with roasted vegetables recipe makes for a simple and cheap Sunday Roast. But being so easy and quick to prepare and cook it would also work for a delicious mid-week meal. The vibrant colours and amazing flavours run through the meal. The kids loved it and have already asked for it again. Why not give it a go and try it tonight....

Goma-ae greens - How to get the Kids eating vegetables! This could also be used as a snack, salad, side dish or part of a selection of snacks. I managed to pick up the all the vegetables for less than £1 because both going out of date today and the sauce ingredients I already had at home. However, even at full price it would still be less than £2 all in!

Strawberry Gateau - I’m going to be honest and say I didn’t price this up because I forgot. It was a special treat during the holidays. Also, whilst being honest I wasn’t to sure how it would turn out because I haven’t really cooked a pudding before. Well, I say cook, this actually doesn’t involve any cooking! As it turned out, it wasn’t bad! Oh, before I woke up this morning I didn’t even know what a coulis was, let alone how to make one.

Easy Beef Cobbler Recipe - Back to School time again and when this years topic homework sheet came home for the middle boy, we both spotted the ideal start for us both 'cook a healthy meal for your family and record the results and comments', happy days! Finally some homework he actually wanted to do and was keen to share his homework with you guys too. Fairly healthy, really cheap and easy to prepare, a great dish as the evenings start drawing in.

This is a lovely and easy flatbread recipe. Kneading the dough is a great way to get the kids in the kitchen and helping out. The garlic and herb butter is optional, however it does make the flatbread stand out and bring it to another level.

If you looking for a quick and easy one pot chicken curry recipe, look no further! This is a versatile recipe and most meats can be used. Or if you have a bit of roast chicken left over from a roast you can use that instead of chicken breast.

Serve it with rice, naan or poppadoms. Or all three if you like! Get you authentic takeaway flavours at a fraction of the cost.

Easy Hummus Recipe - Hummus is amazing, simple to make, easy to adapt and change. We love it as a go to snack. We eat it with bread sticks, veggi sticks, crackers etc. For years I always brought the ready made stuff. Until I discovered how easy it was.

This recipe is simple, quick and cheap. The kids will love getting involved, so grab the ingredients and head to the kitchen together and make some delicious hummus.

I made this Chicken Char Siu for lunch this week, although it can easily be up scaled for a tasty dinner. It is full of flavours and the kids loved it.

I can't stress enough that good food doesn't need to take forever to cook. Most of the meals I cook can be ready super quick. This one is no different, 10-15 minutes to prepare and half an hour to cook.

Thursdays are always a logistical nightmare between school finishing and bedtime. School play rehearsals for the middle one, a trip to the ice cream shop and park with the princess before going back to school to collect the boy. We then head home and tend to find the eldest boy sat on the doorstep because he ‘can’t find (lost) his key. It’s then a quick change and head back to the park for football training. I tend to dump the middle boy there and head straight home (avoiding the play section of the park). However, this only leaves about half an hour to cook and feed the other (starving) two and me, whilst plating up for the other boy, before me and princess need to go back and collect him. So tonight I thought I would try something new;